InDex Pharmaceuticals completes reverse merger with Flerie
June 10, 2024 – InDex Pharmaceuticals Holding AB (publ) (under name change to Flerie AB) (“InDex Pharmaceuticals” or the “Company”) announces today that the reverse merger with Flerie Invest AB (“Flerie”), pursuant to the agreement entered into and announced on May 20, 2024, has been completed. As a result thereof, the Company changes its name to Flerie AB and a new board and management take office.
Completion of the reverse merger
On May 20, 2024 InDex Pharmaceuticals entered into a conditional agreement, to acquire all shares in Flerie (the “Transaction"). The Transaction constitutes a so-called reverse merger whereby Flerie becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of InDex Pharmaceuticals.
The completion of the Transaction was, among other things, conditional upon resolutions at extraordinary general meetings of the Company. The extraordinary general meetings, held on June 10, 2024, resolved to adopt all of the board’s proposed resolutions related to the Transaction. The resolutions are further described in the bulletin from the meetings that was announced by the Company earlier today. In addition to the resolutions at the extraordinary general meetings, the Company and Flerie agree that all other conditions of the Transaction have been fulfilled. The Transaction has therefore today been completed.
The purchase price in the Transaction has been paid through an issue in kind of 6,073,952,948 new shares in the Company (the “Consideration Shares”). The Consideration Shares have been subscribed for by the former shareholders of Flerie in exchange for all shares in Flerie. Following registration of the Consideration Shares, the former shareholders of Flerie will initially hold approximately 91.9 per cent of the total number of shares and votes in the Company, prior to completion of the capital raise outlined in the company description published by the Company on May 27, 2024.
At the extraordinary general meetings held today June 10, 2024, it was, among other things, resolved to change the company name of the Company to Flerie AB and to appoint Thomas Eldered, Cecilia Edström, Anders Ekblom and Jenni Nordborg as new board members of the Company, with Thomas Eldered as chairman. Flerie’s CEO Ted Fjällman has been appointed CEO of the Company and Flerie’s CFO and deputy CEO Cecilia Schéele has been appointed CFO and deputy CEO of the Company.
Company description
Following completion of the Transaction, the Company's business consists of the business currently conducted by Flerie. In light of the substantial change in operations that the Transaction entails, the Company published a company description on May, 27 2024 with information about, inter alia, Flerie, InDex Pharmaceuticals, and the Transaction. The company description is available on Flerie’s website: www.flerie.com.
Admission to trading on Nasdaq Stockholm
In connection with completion of the Transaction, the Company intends to carry out an uplisting from Nasdaq First North Growth Market to Nasdaq Stockholm. The Company will prepare and publish a prospectus for admission to trading of the Company’s share on Nasdaq Stockholm. The prospectus is intended to be registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and published around June 26, 2024. The first day of trading on Nasdaq Stockholm is planned to take place around June 27, 2024.
For more information:
Ted Fjällman, CEO
Email: ir@flerie.com
About us
Flerie is an active long-term life science investor, with a broad and diversified portfolio of innovative companies with pioneering innovations. We invest in product development and commercial growth opportunities globally and alongside other leading investors, focusing predominantly on private companies that are otherwise difficult to access. Flerie’s active ownership model, broad network and resources support and accelerate the development of the portfolio and projects, creating value for shareholders.
Flerie AB (under change of name from InDex Pharmaceuticals Holding AB) is listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market with the ticker INDEX. Redeye is the company’s Certified Adviser.
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Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ) ("Carnegie") and DNB Markets, a part of DNB Bank ASA, Sweden branch ("DNB") act only on behalf of Flerie Invest AB in connection with the Transaction and not on behalf of anyone else. Neither Carnegie nor DNB is responsible to anyone else for providing the protection provided to their clients or for providing advice in connection with the Transaction or in respect of anything else mentioned herein.
Forward-looking statements
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